Saturday, April 10, 2010

Saturday

I met up with JV and Anton this morning to run up Green. I felt horrible from the start and my legs loaded immediately on the steep ascent with a full 2 liters of water in my Camelback. I should have warmed up before the run maybe. I dropped my pack in some bushes and immediately felt better but after half way the trail turned to ice and I completely pussed out and bagged the run and turned around leaving Anton and JV to go on. I was slipping every step and hating it and could feel a few tendons tweak every time. My legs are somewhat beat up from the two long runs and this was not feeling good at all. I definitely need to get on the trails more and maybe harden up a lot more. Today shows how much road runner I still have in me.
Sitting here now my legs feel achy. I'm definitely not recovered from the long runs.

Sometimes the smartest runs are the ones you never do. After nearly 60 miles in two days I can imagine what a good slip might pull or tear on you...seems to me your fatigue would make you more vulnerable to a fall but also more vulnerable to an injury during a slip or a fall too...